Why Cursor, specifically

“I love fintech” gets you screened out. So does “I love AI.” Your why has to be specific to THIS finance stack at THIS stage - a first hire, a greenfield Order-to-Cash and a consumption-priced product whose own billing is the hardest revenue problem in the building - and it has to connect to your actual track record.

The credible why is concrete and personal. You use Cursor, you've felt where the product is sharp and where it strains and you can name the exact finance problem that pulls you in. For senior candidates this round is often informal, sometimes over a meal with founders, which makes a rehearsed pitch land worse than a real opinion held with conviction.